Rail



H. 0. CONGER AND C. W. McCUE.

RAIL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9.1919

1,378,761 Patented M ay jlj, 1921.

'flaconyer C. WN Cue INVENTORS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.HIRAM O. CON GER AND CHARLES W. MGCUE, OF WARREN, OHIO.

RAIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 17, 1921.

Application filed June 9, 1919. Serial No. 302,676.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HIRAM 0. Conan and CHARLES W. MoCUE, citizens of the United States, residing at Warren, in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rails, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a rail and has for its primary object to provide a rail of such a construction that that portion bolted to the tie will be permanently connected thereto and only that part removed that becomes worn in the use of the rail.

An object of the invention is to provide a rail of two parts, a base portion and a head portion so connected that the head portion may be removed when rendered useless due to wear.

Besides the above our invention is distin guished in the manner of arranging the base member with relation to the headmember so that the joints between the rail sections will be materially reinforced.

WVith these and other objects in view the invention will be better understood from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view showing the relation of the head member and base member.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through our improved rail.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one end of the base member.

Fig. 4L is a perspective view of one end of the head member.

Again referring to the drawing illustrating one of the many forms in which our invention may be constructed, the numeral 1 designates the base member and the numeral 2 designates the head member. The head member 2 is provided with a pair of spaced flanges 3 and 4 extendingthe entire length of the rail head. The construction of the flanges 3 and 4 is such that they provide therebetween a slightly tapering recess 5 for the reception of a correspondingly shaped flange 6 on the base member 1 extending the length thereof,

At the juncture of the flange 6 with the base member 1, we provide ribs 7 and 8 cooperating with the sides of the flange 6 to form wedge shaped slots 9 engaging the correspondingly shaped edge portions 10 of the flanges 3 and 4:. From this construction it will be seen that when the head member is arranged in place the members are prevented from lateral movement with relation to each other due to the cooperation of the flanges and also due to the cooperation of the flanges with the ribs 7 and 8. Thus in a very substantial manner the head member is effectively associated with the base member and to increase this action, bolts 11 are provided which pass through all the By constructing the rail according to our invention, the head portion may be readily removed when the same becomes worn without the necessity of removing any spikes as the base member which is not subject to wear will remain in place permanently. This is a material saving when taking into consideration the present cost of railroad ties as the railroad ties are practically useless after the spikes have once been removed therefrom, and if retained in place the life thereof is very short. I A very important feature of our invention, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, consists of arranging the base and head members in such relation that the joints of the head members will be in a position substantially in the middle of the base members and vice versa with relation to the joints of the base members. By this construction weak joints between the rails are eliminated.

It is of course to be understood that the head member and base member may be associated in other relations than shown and the opposite sides of the flange and integrally connecting the same and the base, the upper edges of the ribs being inclined downwardly to the flange, and a head member provided with integral flanges at opposite sides of and equidistant from its transverse center, said flanges fitting tightly against the lateral faces of the flange of the base member and having their lower edges inclined similarly t0 and in contact with the upper edges 10 of said ribs.

In testimony whereof We afiix our signatures.

HIRAM O. CONGER. CHARLES W. MGGUE. 

